Thesenotescollectmystepsinmeanderingprocesstowardstheprototype.Theorderis
roughlychronological,soitgetsmoreconcreteattheend.
Mindmap
Research & SoA
Journal & Diaries
diaryinredditthread
http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/redditdiaryyear/
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/nmmjr/iama_man_who_had_a_sexual_relationship_w
ith_his/cfkr2wk
https://www.reddit.com/r/DiaryOfARedditor
https://www.reddit.com/r/diary
GeorgeH.W.Bushpresidentialdiary:
http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/documents/ghb/diary
“lessonslearned”
http://www.allgov.com/news/unusualnews/50yearsofkeepingadailydiary140101?news=852
052
journalasapartofcognitivebehaviortherapy:
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/02/15/howtouseathoughtdiary/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_therapy
#science:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J294v09n04_02?journalCode=wzpp20
http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.psych.54.101601.145030
http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/16/1/57.full.pdf
APPS:
DayOneJournal:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dayonejournalnotesdiary/id421706526?mt=8
calendar,photos,password,touchid,timestamps,location
MySecretDiary:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mysecretdiary/id382008409?mt=8
ugly,secrecy,pin,girly,pink,sparkly,stickers,photo,music
EverydayTimeline:
https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id550004524?mt=8
evernote+dropbox+maps+calendar+instagramimport,productivity,password,tag
ChronicleJournalandWritingNotebooks:
https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id552436225?mt=8
focussedonlywriting,canonlyadddates/changesizes
Momento:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/momentodiaryjournal/id347019672?mt=8&ignmpt=uo%3D4
beige,photos,places,tag,calendarview,integrationsvialinks
Penzu:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penzu/id452674732?mt=8&ignmpt=uo%3D4
flat,bright,simple,bloglike,photos,tags,passcode
DayOne:
http://dayoneapp.com/
multiplatform,focussedondays,writing,blogging,embedding—notattachment
http://www.diaroapp.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/technology/personaltech/dailyjournalwritingwithoutthein
convenienceappsmart.html
http://www.goodnightjournal.com/
https://journalate.com/
http://diary.com/
http://postsecret.com/
emailbased
https://www.dailydiary.com/
Diaryliterature
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394552377/?tag=saloncom0820%20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/075381997X/?tag=saloncom0820
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0879100362/?tag=saloncom0820
Interview w/Kiko
StarteddiarytopracticeEnglish—turnedintonotesw/sketchesmorethanwords.Same
notebookturnedintonotebookforclasses.Notanywhereneardaily.Wroteinspurts.Mutiple
timesadayforlikeaweek,thennothingformonths.Keptsecret—boughtajournalwitha
lockatonepoint.Wouldlikeanappw/setreminders,butI’dprobablydeleteeventually.
Interview w/Kathy
Diariesseemlikeagirlthing(notawomanthingeither—alittlegirlthing).Iusedtokeepa
diarybutIjuststoppedatsomepointinmiddleschool.Somethingalittleobsessive/creepy
aboutwritingdowneverything.Idon’tthinkI’deverwriteadigitaldiary.
Moods
postsecretlike,focussedonfeelings.APIseemsbroken
http://wefeelfine.org/gallery/index.php
diagnostictoolsformood
http://www.cqaimh.org/pdf/tool_edu_moodchart.pdf
http://coderrob.com/Content/images/projects/moodmoments/mmoment1.png
APIthattagsemotionintext
http://www.skyttle.com/demoout
Weather
Weatherasemotion:
http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/15843/1/EffectsofWeatheronHumanEmotions.html
http://www.tinatessina.com/emotions.html
+philosophy
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/beingandweather/?_r=0
guidelinesforpresentingweatherpredictionsontv:
http://www.theweatherprediction.com/philosophy/
APPS:
StockAppleweatherapp
placecards,5dayforecast,animationofcurrentconditions
DarkSky
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/darkskyweatherradarhyperlocal/id517329357?mt=8
currentconditions,Po,realtimenotificationswarnaboutweatherevents
WeatherUndergroundwundermap
https://itunes.apple.com/app/wundermap/id364884105?mt=8
radar,temperature,forecast,PoP,news
StormShield
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stormshield/id526831380?mt=8
radar,warnings,layereddisplay—turnthingsonandoff
CARROTWeather
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/carrotweathertalkingforecast/id961390574?mt=8
characterdriven,quirky,currentconditions,forecast,GladOSlikevoice,fictionallocations
Weathermob
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weathermobsocialweather/id463729367?mt=8
notwellliked,bright,sharp,geometricicons,social,reporting,mood,“it’sweatherfor____”
Interview w/Tim
Usedtobeahugefanofweatherapps—lookedatradaralot,andprecipitationgraphs.
Deletedallotherappsaftergettingdarksky.Justtheinformationyouneed,whenit’srelevant.
Thoughts after research & mindmap
Weatheristypicallyaboringsubject—e.g.“talkingabouttheweather”buthasthepotentialto
bebeautiful/interestingwiththerightvisualization.Tiedtoemotion,tiedtolocation.Enough
weatherinformationcombinedallowsyoutoguesswheresomeoneisprettyprecisely.Givenin
broad,regionalforecastsbutactuallyhyperlocal.e.g.SFmicroclimates.
Diariesareaprivateactivitythatbegstobeshared.Theygetstolen,voluntarilypublishedas
fictionalbooks,history,andmemoirs.Diariesasliterature.Diariesasexternalmemory—away
tokeeptrackofday/distantpast.Dichotomybetweenpublic,private,andanonymous.People
willingtosharemostinternalthoughtsifthey’reanonymous.
Rejected Concepts
Gamewherepeoplewriteaboutwhattheweathermadethemfeel&otherstryto
guess/matchthefeelingwiththeweather.
Apptomanagedepression:youwritedailyindiary,entriesremainprivatebutare
analyzedformood&otherdangersigns.Iftherearedangersignsfriends/medicalcare
teamwillbenotifiedtointervene.Collectweather&reportedmood/anyotherdatathat
mightbemedicallyuseful.
Minimalistdiaryapp—verysimple+focussedonthetext.Usersetsamoodandapp
grabslocalweatherappendtopost.Couldbepublic/social,private,orhybrid.Focuson
reallygoodtypography+graphicdesign.
Socialappthatgivesinformationoverload.Usersencouragedtopostlongparagraphs
oftextratherthanshortsnippets.Canalsopostmood,location,weather,pictures,
maps,checkins,andmoreontostream.Characterminimumtocountertraditionalsocial
media’scharactermaximum.
Promptsyoutowritedailyentriesinastructuredway.Automaticallyfillsinsomedetails,
youfillinothers.Eg:
Todayis__Rainy,75ºF__
AndIfeel____Fine___
Tomorrow,Ihopeto______
Theworstthingabouttodayis______
Thebestthingabouttodayis_______
Usersmaywanttokeepthedefaultpromptsorchoosetheirown.
Hardcoresecretwritingexperience.Encryptedwritingfortheparanoiddiarist.Hidewith
***saftereveryword,requirepassword,touchID,and/ortwofactorauth.
Final? Concept
Ajournalingappthatpromptsuserstowriteeverytimeitrains.Canalsowriteatother
times,andweatherwillbeattached.
Thismightworkwell.Pavlovianresponsetowritewhenitrains.Writingduringrainfeels
natural,atleasttome—shouldaskothers.
Problem:
someplacesaren’trainy,someplacesaretoorainy
couldhavetheweatherbesimulated,ratherthanreal
thatseemsworsethanneverhavinganotificationatall—disconnectsfrom
realityandyouneedanothernarrative
mightworkifitwereverygamelike
sincesomeplaceswillnevergetawritingnotification,itshouldworkwithoutthem.Maybe
shouldn’tgotoofarwiththerainimages
Shouldsnowcount?
sure
couldrecordsoundofrainand/orwriting,thenplaybackduringreading
stillneedtodecidewhatweatherinfotoshow
Isthereabetterweathercondition?
writewhensunny—obviouslywrong,peoplemorelikelytobeoutside
writewhenathome/anotherlocation—notconnectedtoweather,whichsolvessome
problemsbutisaweakerconnection
readcalendartofindtimestowrite
Shouldprobablybeprivatebydefault,withoptiontomakepublic.passcodeseemsnecessary,
butprobablynotinmvp.
Shouldnotificationhappenduringrainorjustbefore?
RainyDayDiary?SilverLining?DropletJournal?WetInk?Punonsinginintherain?
Raindrops—coolcolors,blues,inkaswater
Mood Board
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KogPCrERWI
https://color.adobe.com/LooksLikeRainTodaycolortheme510385/
https://color.adobe.com/RainDancecolortheme60174/
https://color.adobe.com/raincolortheme146762/
lightninginspritekit
http://andreygordeev.blogspot.com/2014/11/spritekitlightning.html
Mockups
Prototype resources
http://soup.metwit.com/post/50641840867/aweatherapitomonitoralocation
https://developer.forecast.io/docs/forecast
https://thenounproject.com/term/raindrop/68238/
https://thenounproject.com/josemdelaa/collection/emoticons/
Cloud by James Fenton from the Noun Project
Screenshots
Videodemo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnf8SOBpKSo&feature=youtu.be